Gwendolyn Brooks
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NameGwendolyn Brooks
Gender Female
Aliases Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks, Brooks, Gwendolyn
Birth June 7 1917
 Topeka
Death Cause of death: Cancer
Dec 3 2000
 South Side, Chicago
Nationality United States of America
Ethnicity African American
Occupations Writer, Poet
Marriage Spouse: Henry Blakely
1939
Residence
 Topeka
Residence
 Illinois
Residence Before Dec 3 2000
 South Side, Chicago
Education
 Englewood Technical Prep Academy
Education
 Hyde Park Academy High School
Education Associate degree
Before 1936
 Kennedy–King College
Relatives
RelationNameBirth
SonHenry Lowington Blakely IIIOct 10 1940
DaughterNora Blakely1951
HusbandHenry Blakely
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